Psycho Motel - State Of Mind (Japan Edition) (1995)

hudební novinky 1995 / music news 1995
Užívateľov profilový obrázok
Horex
Metalový král
Metalový král
Príspevky: 28111
Dátum registrácie: 21 Feb 2013, 19:14
Kontaktovať užívateľa:

Psycho Motel - State Of Mind (Japan Edition) (1995)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 04 Máj 2020, 06:43

Psycho Motel - State Of Mind (Japan Edition) (1995)

Obrázok

Obrázok

Obrázok

Obrázok

Obrázok

Obrázok

Year : 1995 (Japan Edition)
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 161 mb


Bio:

Psycho Motel was a British hard rock band, formed by Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith.The band was formed in 1995 by Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith after he left Maiden in 1990. Smith briefly experimented with a project called ASAP (Adrian Smith and Project) before seemingly retiring from the music industry altogether in 1990. However, it was a chance meeting with Jamie Stewart, formerly bass guitarist with The Cult and Carl Dufresne that finally persuaded Smith back into the spotlight.We became friends, and decided to form a little band called The Untouchables, just for fun. He didn't want to get back in the music business full time, and neither did I - to be honest I'd had enough of it. We started off playing just little clubs for fun and it snowballed from there. We played everywhere around Britain. But the one thing that I didn't want to do was to find myself committed to recording and touring, just like the old days.Quote from Adrian Smith, as quoted from the State of Mind cover.However, Stewart soon quit the project and was replaced by bassist Gary Leideman. In 1993, The Untouchables (featuring Smith on vocals, Carl Dufresne, Gary Leideman and Fabio DelRio). Dufresne and DelRio soon left the band and Smith decided to extend the line-up by bringing in singer Solli, a Norwegian who had been working with Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham in 21 Guns. A demo impressed enough for the band to land a recording deal. They changed their name to Psycho Motel and debuted with the album State of Mind in 1995, followed by Welcome to the World in 1997.As far as Smith was concerned, the two records were distinct from each other: They're quite different, because there are different singers on them. The first album we had a Norwegian guy called Solli who used to be with a band named 21 Guns. We did tour in Europe but he couldn't continue with us, because he had some personal stuff to take care of. He got divorced plus he lived in Norway, which is kind of difficult. So we had to find another singer. Then I found Andy, a young guy, 26 years old and we did the second album with him. He brought a more modern influence to the band. I was sort of doing a retro thing with my Hendrix and Zeppelin influences. On the first album with Solli, there was a more of a Robert Plant type vocal. The second album is more modern, because Andy was into Alice in Chains and Soundgarden so it made for a great blend. I really like the second album, although I've played the first album a couple of times and realized it's just as good.Quote from Adrian Smith, as quoted from the Welcome to the World album cover.After the release of Welcome To The World, Smith went to help on two albums and two tours with Bruce Dickinson. After this, they both re-joined Iron Maiden in 1999, and Psycho Motel split up. When asked if he would consider re-forming the band in 2001, he said that they had "no plans at the moment" but they would "possibly do some stuff next year". This has yet to happen with his continued success with Iron Maiden.In 2006, both albums were re-released, Welcome to the World was released with two bonus tracks, "Wait" and "Just Like A Woman".On an interview in 1996 Adrian confirmed Psycho Motel was formerly known as "Skeleton Crew". The band was a trio and Adrian was doing all the vocals. Shortly after the drummer quit, Solli was recruited along with Mike Sturgis. The name Psycho Motel came from a previous demo.

Album:

State of Mind is the 1995 debut album from the British progressive rock band Psycho Motel, formed by Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith. The album featured Hans-Olav Solli on vocals, formerly of Scott Gorham's 21 Guns. The album features a heavy guitar-driven sound.The album was released only in Japan in 1995 and re-released in Europe in 1996. The European release had only 10 tracks and different artwork, which featured a negative image of the Japanese version cover. The album was re-released again in 2006, with the European version of the artwork.No singles were released from the album, but there was a promotional video made for song "Psycho Motel".An unreleased track called "Demolition" was played live during the few gigs Psycho Motel did as a support act for Iron Maiden on The X-Factour in 1996. This song was recorded during the sessions of Sate of Mind, according to an interview with Adrian Smith in 1996 the band did not like how it sounded so it was dropped then re-worked before it's live debut.After many years of silence, Adrian Smith returned with Psycho Motel. At a time when all things Maiden seemed either lost or controversial, how did Smith do on his own?Adrian Smith had been quiet for a long time after leaving Iron Maiden in early 1990. He didn’t charge ahead into the land of commercial late 1980s rock music, like many had expected him to do after his first solo project Silver And Gold (1989). He might have been a candidate to join Def Leppard in 1992, but that never happened. In fact, when Smith resurfaced with a new band and a new album it would be to the heavy tones of down-tuned guitars and pounding drums.Psycho Motel grew out of The Untouchables, Smith’s 1993 band experiment. The Norwegian connection would be strong with Psycho Motel: Drummer Mike Sturgis had performed and recorded with a-ha and singer Solli was a Norwegian native who had wanted to audition for Maiden after the exit of Bruce Dickinson. He was passed on to Adrian Smith and soon fronted Psycho Motel, whose line-up was completed by bassist Gary Leideman.The result is a batch of sometimes interesting songs, almost exclusively written by Smith, but also a below par production credited to the band leader. Opener Sins Of Your Father fuses heavy contemporary guitars with Smith’s trademark melodic sensibility, and just about overcomes the underwhelming production. The record is off to a promising start.Unfortunately, the album is quickly derailed. The next couple of tracks, World’s On Fire and Psycho Motel, seem undercooked. Solli’s voice fails to match the former but carries the latter impressively, and Smith’s guitars can always be trusted with bringing the proper groove and melody. However, what soon becomes clear is that Smith needs another songwriting foil or two to get the best out of his own ideas and abilities.A nice ballad follows: Western Shore. Here’s an ambitious attempt at combining the power ballad aesthetic of the late 1980s with a folk-inspired verse that could come from the mid-1970s. It doesn’t manage to light up the 1990s, and the psychedelic breakdown in the middle does it few favors, but there is no denying the sincerity that Smith and Solli conjure up in that chorus. A big plus is the sound of Smith’s voice doing harmony vocals.Another fair stab at creating an appealing track that could potentially bridge the gap between Smith’s roots and the new musical landscape of the 1990s is City Of Light, but even repeated spins of State Of Mind fail to uncover any sense of excitement. Somehow it seems calculated to be not too much of this and just the right amount of that.The first Psycho Motel album was originally released in Japan only in 1995, and then in the rest of the world in 1996. This is the original Japanese cover for State Of Mind.This record was released in between the two most alternative albums by Smith’s previous singer, Bruce Dickinson. They had both been formidable songwriting and performance forces in Iron Maiden, and in the mid-1990s they both struggled to stay relevant. The evidence seems to suggest that they tried too hard.Dickinson released his first post-Maiden album Balls To Picasso in 1994 and would come out with his next, Skunkworks, around the same time as Psycho Motel’s State Of Mind in 1996. In retrospect it is easy to see that Smith and Dickinson would only find their path when they teamed up again, but in the mid-90s that was still in the future.What ultimately drags the first Psycho Motel album down is confusion of direction. There are pointless token metal tracks like Rage and Money To Burn, as well as the shark-jumping blues of Time Is A Hunter. On the latter song the razor blade guitar sound is completely at odds with the music. And at the very end the temptation to throw in their lot with the grunge vogue of the day could not be resisted: Excuse Me is an utterly confusing end to a disappointing record. Confuse me? Achieved.Smith seems to have had an equally challenging time producing his own band as Steve Harris had with Maiden’s first Blaze Bayley record at the same point, The X Factor. It is perfectly impossible not to hear how Harris and certain ex-members of Iron Maiden needed each other to rectify their numerous collective faults.

Line Up:

Adrian Smith - Guitars - See also: Iron Maiden, ex-A.S.A.P., ex-Hear 'n Aid, ex-Urchin, Primal Rock Rebellion, ex-Bruce Dickinson, ex-Adrian Smith's Blues Band, ex-Broadway Brats, ex-Stone Free, ex-The Entire Population of Hackney / The Sherman Tankers
Solli - vocals
Gary Leideman - bass
Mike Sturgis - drums

Tracklist:

01. Sins of the Father
02. Worlds on Fire
03. Psycho Motel
04. Western Shore
05. Rage
06. Killing Time
07. Time Is a Hunter
08. Money to Burn
09. City of Light
10. Excuse Me
11. Last Goodbye (Japan Bonus Track)
12. (Can't) Wait (Japan Bonus Track)


Obrázok Obrázok

Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/

Obrázok



Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/
Odkazy na stažení všech alb naleznete pouze na našem blogu zde: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/

Návrat na "NOVINKY 1995 / NEWS 1995"

Kto je prítomný

Užívatelia prezerajúci toto fórum: Žiadny pripojení užívatelia a 8 neregistrovaných